Untimely Malfunction 
Instant
Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
• One or two target creatures can't block this turn.
Format Legality
StandardPioneerModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Untimely Malfunction, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duel Commander | 0 | 0 | 109 | 1 |
| Modern | 7 | 1 | 66 | 1.6 |
| Legacy | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.2 |
| Vintage | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Standard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 161
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Untimely Malfunction
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
- 1 Kellogg, Dangerous Mind
- 1 Carnage Interpreter
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Graveyard Trespasser
- 1 Grief
- 1 Anje's Ravager
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Fury
- 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Barbarian Ring
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Dragonskull Summit
- 1 Graven Cairns
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mount Doom
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
- 1 Setzer, Wandering Gambler
- 1 Carnage Interpreter
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Graveyard Trespasser
- 1 Grief
- 1 Anje's Ravager
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Fury
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
Sorceries (13)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Barbarian Ring
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Dragonskull Summit
- 1 Graven Cairns
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mount Doom
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Squee, Dubious Monarch
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Headliner Scarlett
- 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Squee, Dubious Monarch
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
- 1 Kellogg, Dangerous Mind
- 1 Carnage Interpreter
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Graveyard Trespasser
- 1 Grief
- 1 Anje's Ravager
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Fury
- 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (37)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Barbarian Ring
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blast Zone
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Dragonskull Summit
- 1 Graven Cairns
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mount Doom
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
- 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Sunspine Lynx
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
Sorceries (6)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (12)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (40)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Dust Bowl
- 1 Dwarven Mine
- 1 Fountainport
- 1 Hammerheim
- 1 Mishra's Factory
- 5 Mountain
- 7 Mountain
- 3 Mountain
- 1 Mountain
- 5 Mountain
- 3 Mountain
- 1 Rishadan Port
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 War Room
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Carnage Interpreter
- 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Grief
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Fury
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
Sorceries (12)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Dragonskull Summit
- 1 Graven Cairns
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mishra's Factory
- 1 Mount Doom
- 4 Mountain
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 6 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Carnage Interpreter
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Grief
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Fury
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Nethergoyf
- 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
- 1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
Sorceries (12)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blightstep Pathway
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Dragonskull Summit
- 1 Graven Cairns
- 1 Great Furnace
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mishra's Factory
- 1 Mount Doom
- 4 Mountain
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Sulfurous Springs
- 6 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Vault of Whispers
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Bonecrusher Giant
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Sunspine Lynx
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
